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Re: Survey: Emoticons for screen readers

From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 19:05:59 -0400 (EDT)
To: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.53.0309031821180.6135@mail.veldt.ca>

> To answer the question about the purpose of this survey - we want to find
> out if emoticons pose significant access barriers or not. If they do, we
> need to write techniques about them. If they are merely annoying and
> unprofessional, we don't need techniques (they'd be outside the
> accessibility scope).

Could the Web Accessibility Initiative give us a nice list of "annoying
and unprofessional" content that does not need to be made accessible?

We'lll also be needing proof that such content falls "outside the
accessibility scope." Did we miss a memo?

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  Joe Clark  |  joeclark@joeclark.org
  Author, _Building Accessible Websites_
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Received on Wednesday, 3 September 2003 19:06:43 GMT

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